Re: This is my story why I self medicate!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Betty,

Yes, selfmedicating is the only option for us RAI people! Especially

for those who got (too) many millicuries. I found out that many

people who got a lower dose are obviously still able to convert T4

into T3 (and produce the other T's as well) since they feel fine

with the synthetic med.

Not for us!

Take care,

Margreet.

>

> I had graves and took the RAI. Never could find a doctor that

> understood my situation. My TSH was always suppressed after the

> Radioactive iodine to kill my thyroid.

>

> My doctors only went by the TSH to diagnose me. The ft4 and ft3

are

> the ones to look at. If the doctor says it is normal that does not

> mean it is normal for you. Everyone has a setpoint of the range

> where they feel good at. Most women feel good if the ft3 and ft4

is

> in the upper 1/3 of the range.

>

> Well I told the doctors my symptoms(even in tears) because I was

so

> miserable. But they thought there was something else wrong with me.

> The only thing that is wrong with me is I am hypothyroid now.

>

> So I found this group and realized there are many people in the

same

> boat as me. See, if the doctors keep you hypothyroid, the

pharmacies

> get more money for selling statins(for high cholesterol) blood

> pressure medicine, antidepressants.

>

> Well I will quit babbling on. I am very happy self medicating.

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I had graves and took the RAI. Never could find a doctor that

> > understood my situation. My TSH was always suppressed after the

> > Radioactive iodine to kill my thyroid.

> >

> > My doctors only went by the TSH to diagnose me. The ft4 and ft3

> are

> > the ones to look at. If the doctor says it is normal that does

not

> > mean it is normal for you. Everyone has a setpoint of the range

> > where they feel good at. Most women feel good if the ft3 and ft4

> is

> > in the upper 1/3 of the range.

> >

> > Well I told the doctors my symptoms(even in tears) because I was

> so

> > miserable. But they thought there was something else wrong with

me.

> > The only thing that is wrong with me is I am hypothyroid now.

> >

> > So I found this group and realized there are many people in the

> same

> > boat as me. See, if the doctors keep you hypothyroid, the

> pharmacies

> > get more money for selling statins(for high cholesterol) blood

> > pressure medicine, antidepressants.

> >

> > Well I will quit babbling on. I am very happy self medicating.

Thanks Margreet, I don't even know how much RAI they gave me. It

took 6 months after.Plus I was on PTU. It just hit me like a rock.

My stupid doctor wanted me to keep taking the PTU(only at a lower

dose). I told him I was going off of it(I tapered it off).

He is not my doctor anymore thank God. I am my doctor.LOL LOL